As someone clueless as to the Brinklow conveyancing process what’s your top tip you can impart for the home moving process in Brinklow

Not many law firms shout this from the rooftops but conveyancing in Brinklow and elsewhere in England and Wales is often a confrontational process. Put another way, when it comes to conveyancing there exists lots of opportunity for conflict between you and other parties involved in the legal transfer of property. E.g., the seller, estate agent and even potentially your lender. Choosing a solicitor for your conveyancing in Brinklow should not be taken lightly as your conveyancer is your adviser, and is the ONE person in the transaction whose role it is to look after your legal interests and to protect you.

There is a distinct ongoing adversarial element to conveyancing- someone must be at fault for the process taking so long. You must always trust your solicitor above the other parties when it comes to the legal transfer of property.

A friend suggested that where I am buying in Brinklow I should ask my conveyancer to execute a Neighbourhood, Planning and Local Amenity Search. What does it cover?

This is a search is sometimes included in the estimate for your Brinklow conveyancing searches. It is a large document of more than thirty pages, listing and setting out significant information about Brinklow around the property and the people living there. It incorporates an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, Rights of Way, the Brinklow Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average House Prices, Crime details, Brinklow Education with plans and statistics, Local Amenities and other useful information about Brinklow.

I have justbeen informed that Wolstenholmes have been shut down. They carried out my conveyancing in Brinklow for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 9 months ago. How can I check that the property is in my name in the name of the previous owner?

The easiest method to check if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Brinklow conveyancing specialists.

About to purchase a new build apartment in Brinklow. Conveyancing is a frightening process at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below is a sample of a few leasehold new build enquiries that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Brinklow

The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Please provide evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?

Frank (my husband) and I may need to sub-let our Brinklow ground floor flat temporarily due to taking a sabbatical. We instructed a Brinklow conveyancing firm in 2002 but they have closed and we did not have the foresight to get any guidance as to whether the lease prohibits the subletting of the flat. How do we find out?

The lease governs relations between the landlord and you the leaseholder; in particular, it will set out if subletting is not allowed, or permitted but only subject to certain caveats. The accepted inference is that if the lease contains no specific ban or restriction, subletting is allowed. Most leases in Brinklow do not contain strict prohibition on subletting – such a clause would adversely affect the market value the property. In most cases there is a basic requirement that the owner notifies the freeholder, possibly sending a copy of the sublease.

I inherited a 1st floor flat in Brinklow, conveyancing was carried out 3 years ago. Can you give me give me an indication of the likely cost of a lease extension? Corresponding flats in Brinklow with an extended lease are worth £222,000. The ground rent is £50 invoiced annually. The lease ends on 21st October 2095

With 70 years left to run the likely cost is going to span between £9,500 and £11,000 plus legals.

The figure that we have given is a general guide to costs for extending a lease, but we are not able to advice on the actual costs in the absence of comprehensive due diligence. Do not use this information in a Notice of Claim or as an informal offer. There may be additional issues that need to be taken into account and you obviously should be as accurate as possible in your negotiations. Please do not take any other action placing reliance on this information without first getting professional advice.